MCQ Bank
Which one of the following processes is not the part of cognition?
- A) Reasoning
- B) Problem solving
- C) Motivation
- D) Thinking
Taking instructions or asking questions for solving puzzles are example of which of the following problem solving technique?
- A) Insight
- B) Heuristics
- C) Sub goals
- D) Means- ends analysis
All of the followings are the types of emotions gave by Mc Dougall EXCEPT:
- A) Primary
- B) Positive
- C) Secondary
- D) Derived
Critical thinking means making judgments about world based on which of the following?
- A) Reason and logical evaluation
- B) Keeping a close mind
- C) Authority and expertise
- D) Emotion
Which of the following motivation from within energizes the person to satisfy or accomplish the goal in which no external tangible reward is involved?
- A) Intrinsic
- B) Curiosity
- C) Extrinsic
- D) Achievement
All of the following can be considered the causes of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon EXCEPT:
- A) Accumulation of pieces of similar and confusing information
- B) Preoccupation
- C) Information overload
- D) Amnesia
Which of the following is a statistical method whereby relationships between a large numbers of variables are summarized into fewer patterns?
- A) Factor analysis
- B) Internal consistency
- C) Q-sort
- D) Devil’s Advocate
All of the following are important for an individual in assessing emotions EXCEPT:
- A) Type of association with that person
- B) Deriving clues from own emotional experiences
- C) Dressing
- D) Acquaintance with the other person
Which of the following is the characteristic feature of achievement motive?
- A) Curiosity
- B) Need for affiliation
- C) Achievement
- D) Need for appraisal
Who among the following gave the Cognitive Appraisal Theory of emotions?
- A) Richard Lazarus
- B) Richard Solomon and John Corbit
- C) Albert Ellis
- D) Cannon-Bard
Mc Dougall divided “Emotions” into three types. Among those, derived emotions are:
- A) Simple emotions
- B) Learn through experiences
- C) Mixture of various instincts
- D) Basic emotions
Memory, intelligence and language are important aspects of:
- A) Motivation
- B) Cognition
- C) Imagination
- D) Emotion
John Jenkins and Karl Dallenbach (1924) were the first ones to experimentally prove the role of _____________ theory of forgetting.
- A) Explicit
- B) Repression
- C) Decay
- D) Interference
Which of the following is not one of the steps involved in emotions according to Magda Arnold cognitive theory?
- A) Perception
- B) Determining emotions
- C) Motivation
- D) Appraisal
Human behavior is determined by the environment. This was proposed by which of the followings?
- A) Humanists
- B) Psychoanalysts
- C) Cognitivists
- D) Behaviorists
A rectangle has two opposite sides equal, if it is not the case, then it is not a rectangle. This is an example of which of the following type of concept?
- A) Artificial
- B) Prototypes
- C) Natural
- D) Prolonged
Which of the followings are enduring dimensions of personality characteristics that differentiate a person from others?
- A) Behavior
- B) Traits
- C) Archetypes
- D) Persona
Which of the following are the categorization of objects, events, or people that share common properties?
- A) Constructs
- B) Environment
- C) Society
- D) Concepts
Which of the following tests is used to measure achievement motivation of an individual?
- A) Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
- B) Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)
- C) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- D) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Which of the following is not one of the types of concepts?
- A) Prototype concepts
- B) Prolonged concepts
- C) Natural concepts
- D) Artificial concepts